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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15

Train -ureckers forced open the switch
NJ the gravel pit on tho Dayton a. Mich
igan railway. three miles north OF Dayton,
Ohio. Friday night, with intent 70 wreck
an express train. A freight train pre-
ceding the express ran into the switch
The engine was thrown from the track
and rolled in the gravel pit and four
loaded freight cars were piled on II. The
engineer and fireman and the crew
Jumped. No one WAS hurt.
Michael DonnelIy. resident of Dubu-
qoe, Ia. for over thirty years, an express
man by occupation, met with a fatal ac.
oident While driving his team Thursday
the horses started 90 run, whereupon hs
jumped and struck against curbstone
rebounded back, fell under the wagon.
and wns run over. lie lived on few
hours.
Thursday night John Hester. negro
went 'possum hunting nc the same time
his wife went TO preaching. They locked
up the house. leaving two children, aged
and 8, prisoners within. When they re-
turned they found the house burned down
and the charred remains OF the children.
Ed. Ream, ~ years OF age, was killed
Thursday. by venturing into an air shat
of n coal mine in Knoxville, Iowa too soon
after IN explosion of a dynamite car
fridge Another young man narrowly es-
capped death from the same cause by at
tempting 20 rescue Ream.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15
Robert ssnca,n's Appearance.

In his physique. Robert Il. Lincoln
shows little resemblance 20 his father.
He Is Il broad shOuldered. robust man,
slightly above the medium height.
lis clear. rudy complexion, shown
over his full brown beard tells Of
sound digestion and good health His
face recalls his fathers. The viii. en-
ergy, and determination which char,c-
terized the martyrcd president are
shown In his sons less angular and
more refined features. The simplicity
OF manner and easy approachaDleness
which marked his father he possesses
also. He is good speaker, though
hardly an orator like him whose
matchless Grafton AT Gettysburg lives
among American classics. He is OF u
very genial disposition. Ills friends
know him as Bob Lincoln. He enjoys
a good story as we'll ms his father did.
but the latters inimiJablc faculty OF
telling one he has not inherited
Among lawyers he Is looked upon as
a very capable man. His llrm swings
a heavy business. Its practice has
greatly increased since the principal
member retired from President Ar
thurs cabinet and since his name
came To be mentioned AS possible
presidential candidate. A large share
of the richly feed commercial cases.
which are never tried but settled by
arbitration and out of court. passes
through the firms hands. Mr. Linz
coin Is hard worker. lie is at his OF
flee early and stays late. lie frequently
walks home afterward TO his house on
the Lake Shore drive. He belongs to
several clubs but prefers the Chicago,
but beyond joining the coterie OF talk
ers In the smoking room enters very
little into the amusements in vogue in
the institution.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15

pulls Tu>sany vith dfty delegates present
from Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska, WISCONSIN,,
Minnosoto aud Dakota. The only busi-
ness transacted was the appoirtmens Of
the usual committess
Martin Gleason. aged H. accidentally
shot himself dead al Lxnoaster. Wis,
while out hunting.
Tho poisoning OF the entire Oglctrec.
family. consisting OF four persons, near
TaladegA. Ala, occurred Friday AZ
the ne,nbera OF tho family have died
ineiuding David ogistres and wife and
two children. Their death was cansod by
drinking whisky in which Mrs. Ogis'ree
had put strychnine. She had threatened
20 poison the whole family.
Division Superintendent Graham OF
the Dakota division OF tbs Northern Pa
cihc was arrested Friday. charged with
violating the Interstate commerce net In
refusing 20 furnish cars for the shipment
Of wheat and discriminating In favor OF
the elevator companies. His bail vas
fixed at $500
Thursday afternoon, Cornice, the ~
months old child .: M. J. X. Duncan,
Moweaqua, was given eighteen or twenty
pills which contained strychnins, by an
elder sister who found them hidden away
in drawer, and supposed they were
candy. The child died
william b. washburn. Ex-Governor
OF Massachusetts,. dropped dead Wcdnes-
day morning At Springfield, in that State,
while attending session OF the board OF
foreign missions.
Al the Great council OF the Improved
Order OF Red Men in nlinois, il was re-
ported that the order has $500 members
in the State.
Capitalists Of atwood, ID. T., Chi
cago, New York, Vermont: and Wisconsin
have located $500 acres OF coal lands In
northwestern Wyoming, and organized
four stock companies OF 10000 shares
each. The coca ~ good quality OF bitum
nous, aud veins are being worked that
run from three 20 seven feet thick. hail-
road surveyors have been at work already
and one road at least will soon build into
the coal fields.
General Pitcairn Morrison. a retired
officer who entered the regular service IN
1920. died in Baltimore Wednesday, al
the age OF 80.
At Harrisburg, Pa, Wednesday, char
ter wan granted TO the Pennsylvania
poughxeepsie and Boston Railroad Com
pany, with capital stock OF Sl,2So,oO0
Hon. John B. Finch, the Prohibition
orator, addressed nm audience at Lynn
Mass. Monday night. On his way to the
depot he was seized with flt aud died al
| 1l.30.
The Controller OF the Currency will not
declare diyidened to the depositors o
the broken Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati
until the middle OF this month
The United States Fish Commission ca
No. is on iis way from Washington Il
Kansas City with 10000 cnrp. gold-eyes
and trout for streams ia Kansas, Iowa
| Missouri, and Arkansas.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15
GRIMES AND CRIMINALS

Sam Branch, n negro, was convicted OF
,tealing watch in Chattanooga, Tenn,
Wednesday, and senten ced TO FIVE years
in the penitentiary. He immediately cot
his throat with pocket-knife, and died
In half on hour.
John Jones of Fort Wayne, Ind, en-
ployed on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
Railroad az freight brakeman, attempt
I'd 10 shoot his wife Wednesday afternoon
firing M her twice. He then ran ont of
the house ON Ia Wallace street, and when
in front of the Seventh Ward engine
house placed his revolver to his head and
shot himself death resulting instantly.
He had been ON a drunken debauch for
Two weeks.
sames Cummings, said TO be wanted in
Chicago, killed his employer, George Ad-
rance, at New Canaan, Bridgeport, Conn.
Cummings has been working as farm
hand. Sunday night, during dispute
about the amount OF wages due him. he
ntruck Adrianco over the head with a
whliIietroe. crushing the latter's skull and
killing him almost Immediately. Cum.
mings packed gripsack and fed. He
was followed as far as Greenwich by two
officers but lie still NJ large.
New York paper states that Inspector
Bonheld Is in that city for the purpose
81 arrcsting Herr Most for being acces-
sorry before the fact 10 the Haymarket
murders, Ia that the incitedhe conspiracy
by letters aud speeches.
George Garner, we.lknoun young
man of Eikhart, Ind, quarreled Saturday
night with a companion and shot at him.
Tho bullet struck Edward Coulter, by.
siande-, In the leg.
Loven Cheney, Wisconsin pioneer,
cut HIS throat with a razor and then
drowned himself In pond, at Emerald
t'rovo. near GAINESVILLE. Wednesday.
AZ BRENNAN, TEXAS. ON Sunday night.
three negroes shot policeman named J.
M. Lockett, and then cut his throat with
razor. He wns not killed, however. and
SdsDtified his asrailants. A last sccoun a.
the people we're preparing 10 exserminats
the negroes ne soon M notice OF the 20
licoman's death reached them
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15

vile have heoc heretofore looked upon
- not much nod, but there Is even
now a chnnco th16< Che question OF their
value being solved. II IL found that
they win grow abundant crops OF sun
flowers. and the oil OF the sundowff
seed Is easily extracted and an excel
lent lubricator the seeds atterwsrd
make good food for cattle and hogs
and the thick wooden stalks are tho
best of light fuel.
IAN East Tawas man recently I'M
terviewed clairvoyant, who told nlm
where 70 bore for gas and be sure 10
find IL. She described his farm ex-
actly, told him 10 take not more nor
less than five people, and TO stop pof-
ing as soon as gas was struck, a. DE-
low il was an immense field ot salt,
She also told him where 70 lind an
abundance Of iron on his farm Al
though he did not tell the woman his
name nor his place OF residence, 10
has found samples Of soil that beaf ~
per cent. of iron. and is wondering
what Eve people he would better lrt
into his gas snap.
The Detroit liquor men have COM
bined and have hired an attorney 20
contest the enforcement of the new
state liquor law. They claim that che
new law is in direct conflict With the
constitution OF the United States in
that IL aims blow at personal liberty
| by authorizing Officers 20 enter st-
| looms, arrest proprietors and attend
ants without warrant, and take pos
session of saloon property" The local
dealers are making no move IN The
matter, but will probably avail, the
result in Detroit. IL is extremely
doubtful that the law can be over
thrown. A similar law has been up
held by court decisions ia pennsylyania
Annette Halliday. 81 years old. a
cousin of Sidney Luska, the an.hor,
lives with her parents ~ number -
Duflleld street, Detroit. She IS q tai
ented young woman and has move!
in press. Two months ago she WAS
bitten on the hand by a pet cat. The
wound was mere scratch. but Il gave
her constant, singing pain. A ply
stefan gave her "A lotion for it. but tn,
hand swelled aud startling and ex
cruciating pains began 20 rack Mise
Halliday. The agony WAS so terribl'
that she gave ntteranee a. the mos
heartrendering screams and at tn
hight of her paroxysms her cries re
sembed the yowls AID scraeches OF ;
cat. The animal WAS supposed TO haY'
had the rabies, but the physicians as
sured the family that this idea was
wrong. Several doctors were called q
the case and for time death WAS tx
pected by the family aud would have
been welcomed by the sufferer. TheF
insanity was feared, but the crisis i
passed and Miss Halliday Is on th'
mend. Her case is pronounced D.
the medical men To he remarkable
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15

The Cologne Berlin Germany mail
train had narrow escape a short time
ago. Running az full speed past
Bahnitz, the engineer saw u signal to
stop the train. Ii being impossible 10
do that quick enough, the train ran
into a herd of horses that had been
frightened by the noise of another
train, which passed short time be-
fore the mail train. Several horses
were hit by the locomotive, thrown far
away, and killed. One horse was
drawn under the locomotive and was
wedged In under the ash pan, SO that
the locomotive was stopped and could
not move either foreward or back ward.
Had the train been running at fun
speed the body of the horse would
probably have thrown the locomotive
of the track, causing a great disaster
AS II was, II merely threw thetrain AN
hour behind time.
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Niue thouoond x.aoul~ shook pr<sidout
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15
INDUSTRIAL

IN bis report 70 the Knights of Labor
convention Al Minneapolis, The secretary
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-10-15

Nine thousand people shook Prssiden'
ClsvsIand's hand IN ~ Louis, Monday.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
PRETTY ORNAMENTS.
How Pictures from Illustrated Papers Can
BE Transferred TO Wood.

How Pictures from Illustrated Papers Can
BE Transferred TO Wood.
A great many of the panel pictures
which serve as interior decorations for
cars and steamboat saloons, and which
have so frequently been admired for
their artistic beauty, are first trans
ferred to the wood from ordinary illus
trations in the pictorial papers, and
painted by the artist afterward.
The process is simple, and can be
done by most any boy or girl of ordinary
intelligence. Poplar wood is regarded
as the best for the foundation, as its
surface is even after being planned, and
it is not so porous as pine, and is there
fore less liable to absorb the ink-marks
upon it.
Select any picture that the fancy may
suit from some illustrated paper, say,
for instance, a landscape or marine
scene. Cut it out of the paper, clip off
the superhuous portions around the
edges. and lay it upon the board, leav-
ing about an inch margin all around on
the board. When the picture is trans
ferred this margin may be gilded or
stained, which gives the picture the ap-
pearance of being inciosed in frame.
The board must be thoroughly dry and
smooth, and free from knots. The sur
face should then be gone over with a
thin coating of copal varnish (Which
can be purchased at almost any paint
store), evenly laid on.
The picture to be transferred, fist
having care to see that no creas es
or wrinkles are in it, should be placed
upon the board upside ddwn-that is,
with the face of the picture to the
board. Having accomplished this
much, the board and picture should
then be put away to dry, and
securely covered with some light stuff,
to prevent the dust from settling upon
it. The drying should not be forced by
artificial means, such as placing near
the stove, as it is liable to blister and
destroy the effect of the picture. Let it
remain in this condition until it is
thoroughly dry; then, with fine sponge
slightly dampened with water, go slowly
over the back of the paper. The paper
will come off easily, leaving the picture
upon the surface of the wood. With q
box of paints, a boy or girl may thus
have handsome picture that will last
for wears.
The picture. however, in the original
transfer to the wood, without any addi-
ton of paint to enhance its beauty.
makes a very pretty ornament. Shields,
medallions, easels and ovals can be
shaped out of the wood for small pic
lures, which furnish attractive orna-
ments for tables and mantle-pieces.-
olden Days.
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ing word would be discourtesy. But
no shimmering white dress greeted
him; all was silent and empty. The
window of the chamber looking on the
garden was lighted; he saw figures
moving to and fro. and heard Fifine's
sharp voice. He fingered long, await
ing the silvery laugh of Hortense-she
laughed so often and so merrily when
he was near! But tonight if she
laughed it was not aloud, and he slowly
returned home.
The next evening just as he was set
ting out for the forest an unknown
lad appeared bringing him a note with
"a perfume of violets. From the
French young lady" the boy said.
mo answer required"
With strange feeling of apprehen-
sion he broke the seal. Awkward Ger
man characters confronted him He
resd:
"DRAR TEACHER: Ny aunt, the Marquise
'Duvois, has come, and will take me with her to
Paris. She is the mother Of my cousin REM
whom papa and FInne say am one day TO
marry. do not know whether we shall return
here. Ihave wept very much ct the thought o.
leaving. II We do return, 1 shall 1t once resume
my lessons with you They have been so beau
tifrl and so lollyi I shall never forget you
zreverl AZ scSosr Please remember your
sad HORTRNsR."
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RIVAL RORBER BANDS.
Daring Operations of Two Bands of Mi'
night Maurauders in Paris.

Daring Operations of Two Bands of Mid
night Maurauders in Paris.
Some recent burglaries which were
committed in the suburbs, and the per-
petrators Of which were arrested, have
led to the discovery of two bands OF
midnight maurauders, whose exploits
are worthy of record by Sue. Two
leading representatives of Partisan
rascaldom, respectively named Poussin
and Boutonne. had founded two rival
schools of burglary. The Poussinists
broke into an isolated villa. the ordin-
airy occupant of which Gan officer) was
absent. Being unable to carry away
all their plumber during the night, they
returned to the charge toward morning,
only to find their rivals, the Bouton-
nists, installed in their places. There
upon q row enSued among the robbie rs.
The disused arms which were hung up
as monuments in the officers museum
were taken down from their pegs, and
the combatants attacked each other
theoretically with sabers, the butts
of muskets and old-fashioned arms,
such as halberds and battle-axes.
The sight of flowing blood, however,
soon da mped the ardor of the antagon-
istic thieves, and they also feared that
the noise of the struggle would be heard
by the police. A treaty of peace was
accordingly entered into, and the whole
gang cemented their union by grand
banquet in the villa ut the expense, of
course, of its absent owner, whose larder
and wine-cellar were requisitioned to
some purpose. Boutonne, one of the
chiefs, drank six bottles of champagne
and one of cognac, after which, being
ne doubt unable to oblige the company
with a song or recitation. he amused
his companions by turning somersets
over the chairs and tables, and doing
the Gallo equivalent for double shuttle
on top of an Erard piano. After this
the amalgamated band worked with the
utmost boldness and energy in different
suburbs of Paris. They did successful
strokes of business in lonely houses, in
variably ransacked the meat and wine
departments, and left grateful notes of
acknowledgement on the dining-room
tables for the disconsolate proprietors.
In one instance Poussin and BOutonne
congratulated despoiled HORSEPOWER
on the excellence Of his poultry, and
promised to return in order to render
the customary visite de digestion. The
whole of this audacious band, number
ing about twenty-five men, has been
arrested. Peussin is an old zouave. and
Boutonne is a good-for-nothing dare
devil of highly respectable origin. who
was educated in the School of Arts and
Manufactures. -Paris Letter.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
FRESH FASHION JoTs.
Condensed Information on a Score or Nor,
of Timelr Feminine Topics.

condensed Information on y Score or More
of Timely Feminine Topics.
Check silks are IS usual shown in
plentiful profusion.
Long handles are very stylish on the
new umbrellas.
The Carmen Jackets favorite model
for little girls this season.
Beaded sunshades are feature in the
novelties shown this year.
Hats as shown in the early models
are higher than ever in the crown.
Moire parasols in white or color are
very elegant and stylish this season.
Kensington painting is favorite
decoration for portieres and hangings.
Leather jackets are now being made
in very jaunty shapes and fit the figure.
Three rows of small buttons are seen
on little boys jackets for spring wear.
Seven different kinds of straw in one
bonnet frame may seem too many, but
it is a Ia mode.
PrimrOses are favorite nosegay or
posy at this season and keep in good
order for a long time.
Crystal buttons. both perfectly smooth
and also cut in facets, are stylish on
light spring suits.
Velvet still is and will be the favorite
trimmings for all Sorts of fabrics, silk,
cotton and wooden.
Lace parasols with fulled cover over
a satin in color are among the prettiest
of all the new fashions.
Jeweled hair-pins are the latest, and
are in all sorts of pretty designs, novel
and attractive at the same time.
Clicked stockings are fashionable for
children and should be in dark shades
with bright clockings in silk.
Handmade and hand-worked nap
kins are very much in vogue and are
wrought very deliberately in some cases.
The polonaise again comes out in all
its glory and will be a favorite mode
for spring and summer costumes.
Copper color and green form one of
the prettiest combinations for the spring
in millinery, and is very stylish.
SpangleS are having day of their
own and appear in all sorts of impos-
sible places from the shoes to the head
gear.
The rage for fancy table linen is
growing every day, and no one prizes
the simple satin damask as in days of
yore.
Surahs with pin-head dot in white
are quite new this season. They are of
American manufacture and very wide.
The new applique lace looks very like
embroidery and is very dressy trim
ming for summer costumes of thin
fabric.
The ribs of the rich new parasols are
tipped with tortoise shell, gilt or silver.
after the old fashions in our grand
mothers times.
Aigrettes for the hair are invariably
of tuft of ostrich plumes in one or two
shades; sometimes even three are al
lowable.
The white plush card case has an
interlining of sachet powder which is
delicate enough to just suggest an odor
to the cards.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
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human life, the fairest things are the

human life, the fairest things are the
most evaneScent.
One evening in late autumn mes
senger came from the Swiss villa sum-
moning the Russian doctor in all pos
sible haste. In the absence of the fam
lily and their physician. the youngest
child, the only one left at home, had
fallen violently i'll of Group. Our doc
tor hurried away, and few moments
after entered an elegantly-furnished
house. A servant in gorgeous livery
ushered him up the winding stairs to
luxurious apartment leading into the
chamber of the little sufferer. The
door softly opened, and Arnim Elbthal
stood in sudden terror upon the
threshold.
Hortense!" he whispered, with
white lips. In the reflection of a rosy
lamp the living image of that long-lost
one stood before him. 1t was the same
slender, graceful, white-robed figure,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
Proper indignation.

.'Chappie, was gwossly insulted to-
day, doncher know" remarked Fitz-
percy.
"Ah! how did it occuh, me deah boy?"
inquired De Sappy.
II went to buy a hat, you see. and /
ahsked the cweachah at the stoh: 'Ah.
what soht of hat do you think would
suit met? and the wetch replied, as
bwazen as you please, "A soft one, sir. :"
Ibid you wesent the INSULT
''Yaas, promptly"
"How did you wesent it?"
81 said 'Watsr veal loud and
slammed the door as / went out, -
Pilts6s4rg1 Chronicle Telegraph
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28
CHAPTER L-CoSrIEUED.

zronsLation copyrighted, 1887. By H. " KsGIe0o
Newspaper Company.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-28

"A new explosive. to which the name
of ''bellite" has been given, is regarded
by certain scientific men Of Europe as
likely to come into general use in place
of dynamite and other nitro-glycerine
compounds, and is recommended as
substitute for coarse gunpowder in the
larger firearms,-Bostoa Globs.